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TASK FORCE: Wellness Team Mission Statement COMPLETED
READ THE NEW MISSION/VISION STATEMENT!

• Charge: To write a Mission Statement and a Vision Statement for the Student Wellness Team. The Division of Student Affairs' Mission/Vision Statement and the Mission/Vision Statement from SUNY Geneseo (the merged center that Heidi Levine works at) will be provided as examples to those who choose this project
• Timetable: First meeting of task force needs to occur prior to July 10^th. Report to Leadership Team will occur on July 22, 2002 at 3PM at Health Services
• Task Force: (coordinator*) Liz Snider*, Melissa Cermak, Janice Cochran, Deb Barone
  1. University at Buffalo Student Affairs Mission Statement
     • More about the mission of Student Affairs

  2. UB Wellness Team Mission Statements:
     (these are each office's original mission statement)
     • Student Health System
     • Counseling Services
     • Health Services
     • Wellness Education Services

  3. Examples of other Counseling Center Mission Statements

TASK FORCE: Statement of Rights and Responsibilities
COMPLETED

• Charge: To write a single intake R & R Statement that would be signed by students who present either to the Health Services or the Counseling Services. This statement will enable the Wellness Team members to communicate with each other as professionally necessary in the care of that student without needing more releases and paperwork.
• Timetable: First meeting of the task force needs to occur prior to July 17^th. Report to Leadership Team will occur on July 29^th at 3PM at Counseling Services.
• Task Force: (coordinator*) Phyllis Burgio*, Erin Doss, Janice Cochran, Mary Stock

1. Comments (from a recent email inquiry sent to Counseling Center Directors at merged sites) and forms (in MS Word format):

   University of Texas at San Antonio
   * We are in the process of merging services and our informed consent mentions that information may be released between services only according to treatment needs.

   Montclair State University
   * we added a sentence or two in the rights and responsibilities to let people know for informed consent purposes that we were part of a merged unit and could at times share information between health and counseling. On our end, we still feel the need to get a release, while the health service is less inclined to do so unless we insist, which we do since we know students don't always read the paperwork carefully, and we don't share a physical location and are not necessarily viewed as the same unit by our customers. Our legal counsel advised us that there was no legal reason we couldn't share info without a release since we are part of the same unit, we just feel it is good practice to do so unless there is an emergency. A front end release is a good way of handling it and we do that at times, but not for every client. Our records are totally separate and should be in my view although collaboration is important.

   University of Puget Sound
   * We are a merged Counseling and Health Services office. We do include such a statement in our Disclosure paperwork (required in this state) although we maintain this particular notification is a courtesy as state law allows health care providers to consult on a case without prior authorization to release information.
   Consent Form

   SUNY Geneseo
   * We have separate consent for treatment forms in health & counseling, but each include a statement to the effect that members of the staff will consult with each other about issues relevant to the students' treatment. 2 years into this we haven't had any problems arise, no student complaints, refusal to sign, etc.
   Consent Form

   Edinboro - University of Pennsylvania
   Consent Form

   University of Denver
   Consent Form

2. More examples of other Counseling Centers' paper work (includes release of info forms).

3. Professional Ethical Principles and Practice Guidelines
   • American College Health Association
   • American Medical Association
   • American Psychiatric A ssociation
   • American Psychological Association
   • National Association of Social Workers
   • International Association of Counseling Services Accreditation Standards
     Note: Section F: Special Concerns. In addition to the main body of this document, Section F contains special guidelines for merged centers.
   • HIPAA Information
     1. HIPAA Resources
     2. HIPAA privacy rule

TASK FORCE: Strategic Plan

• Charge: To take the notes from the Wellness Team Retreat and map out the action steps by which our Team will achieve the mission/vision (our new statement will be completed by then).
• Timetable: First meeting of the task force needs to occur prior to August 12^th. Report to the Leadership Team will occur on November 11^th at 3PM at Wellness Education Services.
• Task Force: (coordinator*) Justine Barry*, Jody Snyder, Sung Kim-Kubiak, Mary Burke

TASK FORCE: Layout/Design of "UB Student Wellness Center"

• Charge: Given the proposed square footage of our new Center, the task force will first make a list of elements to be included in the plans (see also our Retreat Notes) and then prioritize those elements and work with an architect to come up with some preliminary designs and layouts
• Timetable: First meeting of the task force needs to prior to August 5^th. Report to the Leadership Team will occur on November 4^th at 3PM at Counseling Services
• Task Force: (coordinator*) Chuck Pierson*, Phil Ostrowski, Justine Barry